Northridge Hospital Medical Center in California notified the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human services that 837 patients were affected by a breach that occurred on October 16 involving paper records. A notice on their home page says, “Northridge Hospital Medical Center has experienced a security incident involving Medicare and Medi-Cal patient information. If you…
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Personal details of MPs were exposed following a breach at the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Tom Brewster reports: A data breach at the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) led to MP’s information being placed at risk, including banking details and home telephone numbers. The breach occurred on 13 July following IT maintenance on an MP expenses database, allowing people with an expenses account and their clerks to access the information….
CT: VNA patients are warned of possible security breach after computer theft
Judy Benson reports: About 12,000 current and former patients of the Visiting Nurse Association of Southeastern Connecticut will be receiving letters notifying them of a possible security breach of agency data. Mary Lenzini, VNA president, said Thursday that the letters are being sent after a laptop computer used by one of the visiting nurses was…
Get hacked and spill the beans, anonymously
Elinor Mills reports: A new Web site could help turn security breach guesswork into science. Database breaches, social engineering attacks, and hacking incidents happen at companies every day, but very few end up being reported publicly. That’s because organizations fear–and rightly so–damage to their reputation, public humiliation, and loss of customer confidence. But this silent…
RCMP investigate WorkLink privacy breach
Erin McCracken reports: Hundreds of confidential client files are missing at a Colwood employment agency. West Shore RCMP is investigating after they were notified Nov. 5 of the potential privacy breach — five weeks after documents were first noticed missing at WorkLink Employment Society. Read more on Goldstream Gazette.
NY: Town officials investigate security breach
Hilary Hawke reports: There are certain unwritten rules most people know. Look both ways before crossing the street. If you’re a child, don’t talk to strangers. And never give out your social security number. It seems the latter may have unintentionally happened to roughly 50 Town of New Baltimore employees and the question now is…